sync HTML and Flash preload???

OK, I’m new to so much of this. And have been using this site I’m designing for my friend as my guinea pig.
I’ve used lots of transparent PNG files on this site. Probably not the best idea, but I really like the look.
I’ll think better of it in the future.

I also used a short flash banner rotation with a flash preloader.

Is there any kind of javascript that can in way sync or pseudo sync the loading of the HTML and the loading of Flash, so that the preloader in flash loads first but ALSO waits for the HTML elements to load?

RIght now I have a script in there that loads the Flash last, but it just leaves a a large white space during the HTML load, when the preloading animation could somehow be playing the whole time. Hope this makes sense. Thanks

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